Riccardo Agostini aims to defend his Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America lead at Laguna Seca

Padova, 20 September 2017

Riccardo Agostini is ready for the fifth and penultimate round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America at the Laguna Seca track, where he aims to defend the championship lead pairing with his team mate Trent Hindman.

The Prestige Performance by Lamborghini Paramus/Wayne Taylor Racing’s driver has already claimed four victories that let him to take the first place in the standings, ten points ahead of the second placed Richard Antinucci.

Agostini, who is supported by Anima Management and Venice Investment Group Ltd, made a breakthrough to the season taking three wins in a row at Watkins Glen and Elkhart Lake, and claiming one more victory at VIR late last August.

The 23-year-old driver didn’t ever race before on this circuit. “The track is very close to the sea; as consequence of that, the sand could create some problem. I am aware we’ll find different condition in the same weekend”, commented Agostini, “Together with Hindman I’ll try to finish first again. Wichever point could ever effect on the standings.”

The first of two free practice sessions gets underway on Thursday. Free practice 2 is scheduled for Friday, as well as the qualifying (two sessions each of one hour) since 4:10 am CEST time. The first 50-minute race starts at 10:20 pm on Saturday, whilst Race 2 is scheduled for Sunday at 11.25 pm CEST. Live at imsatv.imsa.com.